Missouri United Methodist Church

The Missouri United Methodist Church is a United Methodist church in downtown Columbia, Missouri. Its congregation formed the first Methodist Church in Columbia in 1837. The present building on 9th Street built between 1925 and 1930 is constructed out of Indiana Bedford limestone in a Late Gothic Revival style. The Stained Glass windows, including the large History of Methodism window at the rear of the sanctuary, are some of the most detailed in Mid-Missouri.[2] The sanctuary seats 1,000 people.[3] It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.[1]

Missouri United Methodist Church
Location204 S. 9th St., Columbia, Missouri
Coordinates38°56′57″N 92°19′37″W
Arealess than one acre
Built1925 (1925)-1930
ArchitectEpple, John A.
Architectural styleLate Gothic Revival
NRHP reference No.80002312[1]
Added to NRHPSeptember 4, 1980

Music

The Missouri United Methodist Church has a long music tradition. It has a large Skinner pipe organ (1928, Opus 750) acquired by University of Missouri School of Music Dean James Thomas Quarles. The Church hosts an annual Missouri United Church Concert Series featuring the Columbia Chorale, the 9th Street Philharmonic Orchestra as well as other well-known groups such as Chanticleer and the Vienna Boys Choir.

Further reading
  • Stephens, Frank F. (1965). History of the Missouri Methodist Church. Columbia, Missouri: Missouri United Methodist Church. OCLC 1144689380.

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. Priscilla A. Evans (April 1980). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Missouri United Methodist Church" (PDF). Missouri Department of Natural Resources. Retrieved 2016-09-01.
  3. Missouri United Methodist Church Archived 2008-05-09 at the Wayback Machine
  • The Church and downtown apartments
  • Church Altar
  • The Skinner Pipe Organ
  • The sanctuary and choir loft
  • Windows inside the bell tower
  • Panorama of the sanctuary


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